senate. mitch mcconnell worries aloud that it may block his return to the senate majority. and democrats say thousands of new irs agents will replace retir rees and improve customer service. up first for us, though, a new deadline and legal siren for the former president donald trump. federal prosecutors now have until next week to tell a judge what portions of the affidavit should stay secret. the judge disagreeing with the justice department say they are pieces of that document that could be made public without harming the case. they argued the probably cause for that warrant application. we learned the affidavit relies on substantial grand jury information and prosecutors say a full and public release of the document would lay out all to see the road map for the justice department s case, including next critical steps. we also got a glimpse of a new document with new allegations against the former president quoting willful retention of national information, language that p
Nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. Democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. Recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. Gillespie, an aid to george b. Push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. If he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. Lets get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. Steve what do we know . Well, it was 7 00. The polls closed in new jersey. We were an hour away. As you just showed. We have no actual votes in just yet. What can we show you from the exit polls . Lets look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. First of all, see if we can call up the areas. Okay. That should call it up. Here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president , his Approval Rating, clocks in at 43 , by comparison, last time they had a gover
do its mission. the challenge is the secretary had to put out these statements saying no, no, absolutely no, that s not what we re doing here in in a political environment, it s also a cliche. i think that s true here. i think it s clear the democrats gave republicans what to use to get up their base. the flip side to it will be to cast it in a different light. they are to say, we re doing this because corporations like the oil companies, which they are very quick to point to as boogie men basically, are out there to get you, so we re out there to get them. i think the challenge is getting people to believe you. it s tough. believe you about the irs of which many people are suspicious. up next, the trump factors. how house republicans are navigating a sometimes difficult question, how much is too much trump on the campaign trail?
dominant force in one of america s two leading political parties and he s proving it again in this year s primary campaigns. for the people out there who want to stop talking about trump, that s not up to us, we have to cover these races where trump s endorsement is making a difference. we ll have the nebraska governor s race later tonight as those results come in and pennsylvania senate race, georgia, the governor s race, the secretary of state s race there, arkansas there are some trump factors as well. he is a factor in the party. for those at home who don t want to talk about him and wish he would go away, he s not going to go away and he s the dominant force in the republican party right now. what we ll learn tonight and throughout the month is how dominant. this is not about congressman mooney or congressman mckinley. this is about the men and women who vote in these republican parties like west virginia and elsewhere, do they still want donald trump? do they still take their cue
on the democratic side they are axing spending in that colorado and virginia district because they are confident they are going to win and can use the money elsewhere. what do the races have in common? they are in suburban districts where the trump factors have them on defense in a big way. more broadly, the kavanaugh factor have hurt republicans and in these suburban districts where independents and women tend to decide the fate of the members. it looks like it could help tip the scale in the democrats s way. that s why it s so interesting to see. they generally move in the same direction.